Perl

Download a Zip from a URL and OpenBd. (No .zip file is created)

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Demonstrates how to download a .zip from a URL, opens the Zip, and gets the contents of a file. No file is ever written. Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

$bd = chilkat::CkBinData->new();

# This URL is valid and can be tested...
$success = $http->QuickGetBd("https://chilkatdownload.com/example_data/hamlet.zip",$bd);
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$zip = chilkat::CkZip->new();

# Open the zip from the bytes contained in bd.
$success = $zip->OpenBd($bd);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the entry for the file we want..
$entry = chilkat::CkZipEntry->new();
$success = $zip->EntryOf("hamlet.xml",$entry);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Convert all line endings to CRLF (if needed)
$lineEndingBehavior = 2;
$xmlStr = $entry->unzipToString($lineEndingBehavior,"utf-8");
if ($entry->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $entry->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# The XML in this case is about 274K, so let's just examine the last 20 lines...
$sb = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sb->Append($xmlStr);

print $sb->lastNLines(20,1) . "\r\n";